SEPT. 23 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Blue Devils roll to 4-0

DOLGEVILLE, N.Y. – Three backs ran for more than 100 yards each, Aasin Claus threw for two touchdowns, and the Dolgeville Blue Devils rolled to a 62-28 win Saturday over the Waterville Indians.

The Blue Devils (4-0), unbeaten and ranked sixth in the New York State Sportswriters Association’s Class D poll, scored 30 points in the first quarter and 54 in the first half. Devin Gorinshek (six carried for 134 yards and three touchdowns), Chase Doxtader (7-131-2) and Nic Bailey (14-100-1) each ran for 100 yards, the second time this season they have done so.

All that in a game that included a Waterville punt and turnovers by both teams in the first 64 seconds.

"We did a good job executing on offense," Dolgeville coach Dan Zilkowski said. "We were pretty diverse, we were able to mix up the backs and throw the ball."

An errant pitch led to a turnover on Dolgeville’s first offensive play, but the Blue Devils took the ball back when Zach Smith intercepted a Waterville pass on the game’s next play. Setting up at their own 14-yardc line, the Blue Devils drove 86 yards in six plays – including a 41-yard run by Gorinshek followed by a 20-yarder by Bailey – and opened the scoring with a seven-yard touchdown run by Doxtader.

The points just kept coming after that.

Doxtader ran 64 yards on Dolgeville’s next offensive play and was tripped up from behind by Indian Ryan Hunt; Bailey ran the ball in from three yards out on the next play, and Claus passed for the conversion and a 14-0 lead.

Sean Hunt faked a reverse on the ensuing kickoff and raced 90 yards along the Dolgeville sideline for a Waterville touchdown. That put the Indians on the scoreboard but got the Dolgeville offense back on the field.

The Blue Devils needed just two plays to add another score on a 37-yard run by Gorinshek, and Dolgeville got the ball once more with enough time to add Doxtader’s second touchdown run, a 35-yarder, before the end of the first quarter.

Dolgeville had four touchdowns and a turnover on 15 offensive plays in the opening period.

Gorinshek ran five yards for his second touchdown on the play after a facemask penalty set up first-and-goal early in the second quarter. Claus added touchdown passes of 19 yards to Riley Nagle and 17 yards to Smith before halftime.

Having deferred after winning the coin toss, the Blue Devils got the ball to start the second half and completed their scoring with a 29-yard touchdown run by Gorinshek on the second play of the third quarter.

Ryan Hunt ran for a Waterville score in the third quarter, and Ethan Johnson and quarterback Trevor Dow had touchdown runs in the fourth.

Claus completed three of the four passes he threw for 57 yards. Smith led the Dolgeville defense with six tackles. Kyle Getman blocked a Waterville field goal attempt in the second quarter.

Dow ran for 51 yards on eight carries and was 11-for-21 passing for 109 yards. Johnson led the Indians (0-4) with 76 rushing yards on 12 carries, and Jacob Hill caught six passes.

The Blue Devils play at home for the third week in a row Saturday when they take on Immaculate Heart of Watertown.